*** Official K8N Neo2 PLat. Tread ***(S939)

[siberain]

Alright,

Thought about making it easier for everyone to find information on the Neo2 S939 Board

Problems and Success ..

Go for it guys..

 

[Wxman77]

Was working okay, (FSB was not overclocking very well though) until I used the live update utility to flash my bios to the latest version. Now my memory bandwidth is halved (only one memory channel seems to be working). I don't have a working floppy drive (I bought one but it seems to be dead) so I can't flash the bios back to the previos version.

On the bright side when I emailed tech support they responded within minutes, they even sent an updated bios. Unfortunatly I would still need a working floppy drive to install it.

 

[dacull]

Instead of using a floppy try this

Open the folder C:\Program Files\MSI\Live Update 3\FlashUty\Award
There you find liveupdates award winflash program winflash.exe
Run the program
Mark the checkmarks DMI and cmos reset .
Click on the blue icon
Browse your computer for the bios file
(it can be downloaded manually as a zip archive from msi instead of using liveupdate)
And press update .

dont forget to clear your bios afterwards with the jumper trick detailed in the manual

 

[Wxman77]

Flashed the bios with the version tech support sent me. Thank you dacull for telling me how to do it from windows! Everything seems to be working great now. The new bios has some very intersting new cpu voltage adjustments. My Ballistix PC4000 memory still won't go past fsb 205 with 2-2-2-10 memory timings like I hoped it would, but I think that's more to do with the memory then the mainbord.

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: Wxman77
Flashed the bios with the version tech support sent me. Thank you dacull for telling me how to do it from windows! Everything seems to be working great now. The new bios has some very intersting new cpu voltage adjustments. My Ballistix PC4000 memory still won't go past fsb 205 with 2-2-2-10 memory timings like I hoped it would, but I think that's more to do with the memory then the mainbord.

excuse me mate but would you mind emailing me that BIOS please?


pumbertot.1<at>btinternet<dot>com

 

[imported_davehries]

Thanks for the info about updating BIOS from within Windows. I am still using 1.0. Have not updated since my system is running great. No issues at all. I just run at default settings, so overclocking issues are not something that I experience. I have decided to wait a while until MSI has had a chance to clean up the BIOS issues before I update. Call me a chicken, but I feel if it works - leave it alone.

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: davehries
Thanks for the info about updating BIOS from within Windows. I am still using 1.0. Have not updated since my system is running great. No issues at all. I just run at default settings, so overclocking issues are not something that I experience. I have decided to wait a while until MSI has had a chance to clean up the BIOS issues before I update. Call me a chicken, but I feel if it works - leave it alone.

chciken.im on orig bios but overclocking.still i want this bios he got.any word yet mate?

 

[pumbertot]

come on wxman.gimme the BIOS please.

 

[dacull]

there are some beta ones here.

http://www.svcheats.com/MSI_Neo_Plat2_939/beta/


1.3 just got released today anyway which is newer than all those, use Live update or download it from here



http://www.msi.com.tw/program/...php?UID=607&amp;kind=1

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: dacull
there are some beta ones here.

http://www.svcheats.com/MSI_Neo_Plat2_939/beta/


1.3 just got released today anyway which is newer than all those, use Live update or download it from here



http://www.msi.com.tw/program/...php?UID=607&amp;kind=1

yeah ive got the 1.3 already onboard, didnt realise it wasnt the first release as mobo had it already when i bought it.isnt it possible the 1.35 beta is different, often newer official BIOS releases are older than some betas.i might try it.

im havinbg a problem.with LDT at 5x i can go above 220MHz HTT which is fair enought as hypertransport is maxing out.
but if i try to use an LDT of any other value i.e. 4x,3x etc then in windows i get lock-ups(screen freezes, no activity) which lasts for about 10 seconds and happens every 10 seconds.no good at all.


edit:thanks for the link btw.

 

[dacull]

MSI has a strange way of numbering their releases, 1.35 is a release before 1.3

the 5 , stands for release candidate 5, so all the . releases are the newest..

as for your overclocking problems - well the neo2 isn't even close to stable for overclocking yet.

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: dacull
MSI has a strange way of numbering their releases, 1.35 is a release before 1.3

the 5 , stands for release candidate 5, so all the . releases are the newest..

as for your overclocking problems - well the neo2 isn't even close to stable for overclocking yet.

well guess what i did.i moved from sata 1 and 2 to sata 3 and 4 and flashed with the 1.23 beta as ive seen many people on the net with that.

im now sitting at 4x LDT,10.5x multi and 243HTT @ 2.55GHz prime95 stable.
looking good so far.

 

[anox3]

With the Neo 2 is it unusual to only have voltage for dram going up to 2.5? Why did they not go to 2.8?

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: anox3
With the Neo 2 is it unusual to only have voltage for dram going up to 2.5? Why did they not go to 2.8?

it does go up to 2.85V.

 

[vincer20]

Originally posted by: dacull
Instead of using a floppy try this

Open the folder C:\Program Files\MSI\Live Update 3\FlashUty\Award
There you find liveupdates award winflash program winflash.exe
Run the program
Mark the checkmarks DMI and cmos reset .
Click on the blue icon
Browse your computer for the bios file
(it can be downloaded manually as a zip archive from msi instead of using liveupdate)
And press update .

dont forget to clear your bios afterwards with the jumper trick detailed in the manual

is cmos reset the same as clear cmos

 

[Ironmanstl]

Hard to set up
nice board though,

randomly started rebooting,
then eventually wouldn't make it thru windows boot

after that it wouldn't sense the drives properly to allow me to do a fresh install
took it back to the vendor


picked up my current board, and I can honestly say I am not dissapointed with the A8V, its running strong

Don't know why but my vid card overclocks much higher on the asus than on the neo2...

 

[paramdog]

what is this new cpu vid in the new bios? i dont understand this new way of adjusting Vcore. someone have any idea?

 

[pumbertot]

yeah it just chooses the voltage.and adds a certain percentage(which you specify) to give the toal Vcore.

e.g. if 1.5 is selected and +3.3%(i cant remember the BIOS values off hand, my s939 is down atm)
then the vcore will be 1.5+(3.3% x 1.5)=1.55V etc.

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: Ironmanstl
Hard to set up
nice board though,

randomly started rebooting,
then eventually wouldn't make it thru windows boot

after that it wouldn't sense the drives properly to allow me to do a fresh install
took it back to the vendor


picked up my current board, and I can honestly say I am not dissapointed with the A8V, its running strong

Don't know why but my vid card overclocks much higher on the asus than on the neo2...

well ive got it running perfect and I hated the A8V so i guess its how you see it.
the gfx card thing is possibly because the MSI takes a lot more out of the 12V rail on the PSU so maybe your PSU wasnt beefy enough to provide enough ampage for more overclocking??

 

[pumbertot]

Originally posted by: vincer20

Originally posted by: dacull
Instead of using a floppy try this

Open the folder C:\Program Files\MSI\Live Update 3\FlashUty\Award
There you find liveupdates award winflash program winflash.exe
Run the program
Mark the checkmarks DMI and cmos reset .
Click on the blue icon
Browse your computer for the bios file
(it can be downloaded manually as a zip archive from msi instead of using liveupdate)
And press update .

dont forget to clear your bios afterwards with the jumper trick detailed in the manual

is cmos reset the same as clear cmos

yup does the same job.